But it's still hard to believe Gareth Wyatt has just two Welsh appearances to his name - one of those coming as a replacement in a meaningless friendly against Romania in 2003.

Wing wizard Wyatt has consistently produced the goods from his formative years as a raw-boned youngster at Pontypridd to helping transform the Dragons from a well-oiled forward machine with rusty backs to the complete rugby package.

Despite pressing his international claims on a seemingly annual basis, Wyatt can justifiably feel he currently holds the tag of Wales' most overlooked player.

"It would be great to be part of the Welsh set-up at the moment," admitted Wyatt as he gears himself up for the resumption of Celtic League action against Ulster at Rodney Parade tonight.

"The style of play they are producing at the moment really seems to suit the outside backs.

"The boys who are there are playing exceptionally well at the moment and all I can do is keep trying to perform as well as I can for the Dragons.

"But the way the Welsh lads are playing at the moment, it is going to be extremely hard to break into that squad.

"I would be the first to admit you can have bad games as well as good games, but when you are playing well and confidence is up you do feel there might be that outside chance.

"You need a run of consistent performances and a little bit of luck along the way to get that chance and it is something I will certainly keep striving for over the next couple of years."

To make matters worse, Wyatt has seen fellow Dragons Hal Luscombe and Kevin Morgan leap above him in the Welsh wing pecking order despite the duo showing a preference to play centre and full-back respectively.

"Hal Luscombe and Kevin Morgan have shown, for the Dragons and Wales, they are capable of playing in more than one position.

"They are great players in their own right and deserve to be where they are at the moment."

Hamstring injury victim Luscombe and Morgan are two of six Welsh players in the Dragons' squad unavailable tonight as coach Mike Ruddock cotton-wools his domestic internationals ahead of next week's tough Six Nations trip to France.

"The whole point of regional rugby was to make the Welsh team as strong as possible," added Wyatt.

"And judging on the first two games regional rugby has helped.

"You are looking at every position now where there are two players who could come in and wouldn't weaken the team.

"Unfortunately for us at the moment we have got about nine players in that squad.

"All we can do is crack on and not let ourselves down.

"Ulster are a very strong side that doesn't seem too affected by players getting Irish call-ups.

"They have plenty to play for like us. Obviously, Heineken Cup qualification is the big one but there's also a top four finish to get a home draw in the Celtic Cup.

"It's something we are looking forward to from now until the end of the season."